Martin Schneebauer

Martin Schneebauer
nation	Austria
birthday
Career
discipline	Two-seater, single-seater
society	WSV Rietz
status	resigned
End of career	1998
Medal table
Junior European Championship 2 × 1 × 0 ×
Natural track toboggan junior European Championship gold Rod 1992 Two-seater gold Rautavaara 1993 Two-seater silver Längenfeld 1994 Two-seater
Placements in the Natural Track Luge World Cup
World Cup victories 1  Overall World Cup DS 3. ( 1995/1996 , 1996/1997 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Two-seater 1 0 5

Martin Schneebauer is a former Austrian natural track luge . He also started in the single-seater, but was particularly successful in the two-seater. Together with Peter Braunegger he was twice Junior European Champion and together with Peter Lechner he won a World Cup race and twice achieved third place in the overall World Cup .

Career

As a junior, Martin Schneebauer started in a two-seater together with Peter Braunegger . After a sixth place at the Junior European Championships 1991 in Kandalakscha , the doubles Schneebauer / Braunegger won the gold medal at the Junior European Championships 1992 in Stange and the Junior European Championships 1993 in Rautavaara . In 1994 they took second place in Längenfeld . In the single-seater, Martin Schneebauer achieved twelfth place in 1992 and seventh place in 1993.

From 1995 on, Schneebauer started together with Peter Lechner in international championships in the general class . At the 1995 European Championships in Kandalakscha, the 1996 World Championships in Oberperfuss and the 1997 European Championships in Moos in Passeier , they came sixth three times in a row. At Schneeberger's last major event, the 1998 World Cup in Rautavaara , the duo achieved another midfield position with seventh place.

The duo Schneebauer / Lechner was more successful in the World Cup . In the 1994/1995 season they achieved fifth place overall and in the 1995/1996 season they achieved third place in the overall double-seater World Cup with their first podium, third place in Rautavaara. In the 1996/1997 season , Schneebauer / Lechner won the World Cup race in Szczyrk and finished third in Obdach , which again brought them third overall. In their last season together, 1997/1998 , they finished third in three of the six races and came fifth in the overall World Cup. Martin Schneebauer ended his career after this winter; Peter Lechner then drove for another three years with Schneebauer's former twin partner Peter Braunegger.

successes

World championships

• Oberperfuss 1996 : 6th two-seater (with Peter Lechner)
• Rautavaara 1998 : 7th two-seater (with Peter Lechner)

European championships

• Kandalakscha 1995 : 6th two-seater (with Peter Lechner)
• Moos in Passeier 1997 : 6th two-seater (with Peter Lechner)

Junior European Championships

• Kandalakscha 1991 : 6th two-seater (with Peter Braunegger)
• Stange 1992 : 12th single-seater, 1st double-seater (with Peter Braunegger)
• Rautavaara 1993 : 7th single-seater, 1st double-seater (with Peter Braunegger)
• Längenfeld 1994 : 2nd two-seater (with Peter Braunegger)

World cup

• 2 × 3rd place in the overall double-seater World Cup in the 1995/1996 and 1996/1997 seasons
• 6 podium places, including 1 victory:

date	place	country	discipline
January 19, 1997	Szczyrk	Poland	Two-seater

Austrian championships

• Austrian national champion in doubles 1996 (with Peter Lechner)

literature

• Harald Steyrer, Herbert Wurzer, Egon Theiner: 50 years FIL 1957 - 2007. The history of the International Luge Federation in three volumes. Volume II, Egoth Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902480-46-0 , pp. 285-397.

Individual evidence

1. ^ National champion in natural track tobogganing - Tyrolean winner. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Tyrolean Toboggan Association, accessed on March 30, 2011 (PDF, 110 kB)